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Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by Roothawg, Jan 26, 2020.

  1. Beautiful Iron
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    Frame under my sedan while i was building it, It has never been this clean since.
     
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  2. Hey Jonesey,
    That is beautiful man,,,looks great !

    Tommy
     
  3. JJonesey
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    I appreciate that, thanks. After nine years I’m getting close to done. I hope to put up a build pic post pretty soon.
     
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  4. gimpyshotrods
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    I see what you're cookin'.
     
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  5. Bigbangtheory
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    The chassis Steadfast mfg. built for my 32.
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  6. Bigbangtheory
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  7. nochop
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    My dads altered from 1962 83AC79D6-CFBA-414B-B7FB-652619F80BBA.jpeg
     
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  8. Blake 27
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    Blake 27

    My brother Tom Phipps 30 A roadster "STREET A" in 1980 Tom's_A_details_(14).jpg Model A and Angela at tree 001-2.jpg
     
  9. ekimneirbo
    Joined: Apr 29, 2017
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    Lots of nice chassis on here but I think this one by AllSteel34 was my favorite............

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    I'd like to suggest that posters try to add more detail shots and close ups in addition to a general picture of their complete chassis. While its nice to see the whole frame, like the old saying "the devil is in the details" certainly applies here. ;) One can certainly learn a lot from AllSteel34's picture. I am wondering about the exhaust pipes though.......:D
     
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  10. walter
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  11. PhilA
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    I threw this at someone who knows their Jowetts and he asked someone who asked someone and they turned up the entire history of that frame, from sale through to present day. It's a small world. If you're interested I'll ask him if it's ok to share his research. (That is if you're super-sleuthing hasn't turned up the full history already!)

    --Phil
     
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  12. Moriarity
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    Kinda funny because I got an email the other day from Edmund Nankivell who is an expert on Jupiters , he had written a book on re bodied Jupiters and included the Dream rod in it. He was asking if I knew the number on the original Jowett frame (this car used up 2 Jupiter frames, the first removed and scrapped by the guy I bought the car from) but I didn't know it and all I got of the orig frame was a 6 inch long hunk of it . Lucky I got it though or I may never have known to paint the frame gold metalflake. Truth told I was so thrilled to have found a frame at that time (an entire parts car) that I paid little attention to the number and surely don't remember it although I may have told it to someone. When I listed the body for sale on ebay, I was deluged with questions about why and how I came up with a body. People seem pretty interested in keeping track of where the cars are. I will Look in Edmunds book when I get home and see if the chassis number is listed there.

    here are some pics of the orig frame pcs

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  13. ROBERT JAM
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    Here’s mine , flathead,39 trans,Quick change, all the right stuff. 697D7D94-7D59-4D0C-B1AB-096BD8FB8CF3.jpeg 697D7D94-7D59-4D0C-B1AB-096BD8FB8CF3.jpeg 7C5EE1B1-5DAE-47B3-8E70-0CD4C38E6B84.jpeg 3908C917-C6EA-4A0C-A3EF-FCEDF65D2FA3.jpeg
     

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  14. PhilA
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    Per Chris, the Jowett guy I asked if he was OK with the research he'd done to be shared:

    Hi Phil - Not a problem share away - Ed Nankivell is the Jupiter registrar for the Jowett Car Club - what he does know not about virtually every individual Jupiter is unreal - there were 901 built and about 450 of them survive - the interesting bit is the fact is that although the 2 Jupiter chassis were lost to the 'Dream Rod' - the body panel sets both independently ended up getting shipped to the UK and were utilised to restore / return 2 other Jupiter chassis to the road

    Regards Chris


    And... you got a favorable mention:

    From here: forum.retro-rides.org/post/2570131

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    'Shipped 20 December 1951 to Angell Motors of Pasadena. ColourCopper with beige upholstery.
    Body reported to be 372 on panels. There was no brass plate
    R J Condon of 4033 Mount Blockburn Avenue, San Diego 11, California (1963 JELtd enquiry).
    Then V Noland again of California from 1966
    Judah Casburn of Hollywood, California owned it from 1980 to 1987
    Nester Sierraalta, Apdo 19014, Quinta Crespo, Caracas 1014a, Venezuela (he contacted George Mitchell) became involved: he bought the car in 1982 but it was never collected. Has a collection of mostly British sports cars.
    Ted Miller bought it from Casburn in 1988, he said the bonnet had been cut along the centre-line and LH was body number 134 and LH wing was 531. The RH Bonnet and wing was body number 372 (original).
    Jim Miller took it from Ted in 1999 in exchange for chassis # 778
    The chassis was sold (about 2006) by Jim to Mark Moriarity for him to restore the ex-Cushenberry Custom Car – also known as the Dream Rod. However the chassis centre bearing support cross-assembly had been cut off by Jim, removed, and fitted to the chassis of the Farina Jupiter chassis # 33.
    The Car Craft Dream Rod had been designed by the staff of Car Craft Magazine in 1961. Car Craft Magazine commissioned Bill Cushenberry to build it. Bill built the car on a 1952 Jupiter chassis using a VW torsion bar in front. The frame was originally done in gold metalflake. The front fenders and doors were taken from a 1960 Pontiac, upper rear quarter tops are from a 1960 Chevrolet Corvair, the windshield and top are from a 1953 Studebaker and the rear window is a rear window from a 1957 Borgward Isabella Sedan turned upside down. Inside, the car featured a 1958 Mercury dashboard restyled with a 1959 Lincoln ashtray. The car got its power from a 289 Ford engine (271hp). It was introduced in 1963, the High-Performance V-8 has been the subject of myth, legend, and folklore. The Dream Rod was completed late in 1963.
    A construction photo of the Dream Rod taken in February 1963 Photo by Dick Day
    In 1966 the Dream Rod was sold to the ISCA (International Show Cars Association) which commissioned a substantial revision to the car's styling. Called the “Tiger Shark” the car wasn't as successful as the first iteration. New alterations on the car included a hood scoop, the side roof scoops were closed, the trunk lid was eliminated, the rear was stretched 6 inches, the rear window, grille opening and front fenders were also modified.
    In 2005 Mark Moriarity bought what was left of the Tiger Shark from Dennis Palien of Milwaukee. Mark decided to restore the car back to the first version, so he bought this Jupiter chassis and after three years of hard work, he presented the fully restored Dream Rod in January 2009. Mark Moriarity is a bit of a collector of these sorts of cars.
    In Ted’s words, the Cushenberry car has now swallowed two Jupiter chassis! The original Dream Rod having been built in the 1961-63 on an unidentified Jupiter chassis. Mark Moriarity has returned it to original condition with the chassis of this Jupiter.
    Quite independently, the body-sets of both Jupiters have found their way to the UK for the restoration of 2 Jupiter that otherwise would have been lost to us'


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    --Phil


    (Sorry to railroad the thread off to one side!)
     
  15. Moriarity
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    WOW that is a lot of info!!!
     
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  16. PhilA
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    I think it's rather a good story to the life of the vehicles- purists not arguing with customisers! A piece of history retained and several more cars kept going with the rest. Nothing went to waste.

    Phil
     
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  17. verno30
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    Here are a couple of mine from years past

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  18. verno30
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    There is nothing that states the quality of build more sincerely than a well-detailed frame.
     
  19. moonlight graham
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  20. 32partsguy
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    A bunch of good lookin' frames and chassis. I don't know why, but it's my favorite part of car building.
    I like lookin' at them as much as fully built cars.
     
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  21. Ralph Moore
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    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
    32 Pinched for 1931 model A,
    Forty rear crossmember, model a front.
    Putting the lower front shock mounts on the upper end of the 37 bones was a custom touch i did that I have not seen before. Not saying it’s never been done.


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  22. 32partsguy
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    from DFW,Texas!

  23. mgtstumpy
    Joined: Jul 20, 2006
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    I just started buttoning up the 46 Olds frame after powdercoating, damn slow progress but getting there.
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  24. Darin Younce
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  25. Koz
    Joined: May 5, 2008
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    One of mine fresh out of the fixture before the welds were dressed and the frame prepped for paint. Nothing special, just what needs to be there.
     
  26. X-cpe
    Joined: Mar 9, 2018
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    X-cpe

    Finally got everything cleared off so I can get back to work on it. Need to finish moving the bottom of the rear shocks in to clear the body and redesign the front Panhard mount at the frame. Then pull it apart and finish all the welds.
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  27. hemihotrod66
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    Chassis under my 34 Ford tudor sedan...Pretty simple compared to most of these....Nothing to trick here... build picture 1.jpg
     
  28. -Brent-
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